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Add to SafariWhen comparing GitKraken vs git-cola, the Slant community recommends git-cola for most people. In the question“What are the best visual git GUIs?” git-cola is ranked 8th while GitKraken is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose git-cola is:
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Specs
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Pros
Pro Supports Tabs for Multi-Repo Access
Since GitKraken's v6.0 release, the Git GUI has supported tabs for accessing and toggling between multiple repositories. https://blog.axosoft.com/gitkraken-v6-0/
Pro Performance Improvements & Reduced Memory Consumption
GitKraken's v6.5 release came with more perf and speed improvements making the Git GUI 10% faster, with 20% reduced memory consumption, taking up 30% less disk space. https://blog.axosoft.com/gitkraken-v6-5-fork-perf-improvements/
Pro Free software
This application is FOSS, and thus it can be freely modified & distributed.
Pro Cross-platform
Works on Linux, Mac and Windows.
Pro Full unicode support
Pro Minimalist interface
Pro Available in Homebrew
Can be easily installed through homebrew by running brew install git-cola.
Cons
Con Limited feature set
You sometimes need to touch the terminal in order to get certain things done.
